Hello Groovers,
We’ve got some Nigerian music for your saturday.
In these parts of the globe winter took a headstart .
Holland is completely white, covered with snow and it’s still
falling down in large amounts. Absolutely beautiful if you don’t
need to ride through it on your bicycle or have to camp out,
like in some other parts of the same world. All I can do to
make you feel warm is provide you with tropical sound.
Victor Uwaifo helps us today with this ‘Best of’ album, pure joy.

tracks;

1 Guitar boy
2 Joromi/Monkey yanga
3 Ebiss ebiss
4 Eserie
5 Erico
6 Do lelezi

This LP by Nigerian Highlifers ‘Ikenga, Super Stars of Africa’
is on ‘african’. On the front it shows us also the logo of ‘Afrodisia’.
Same time backsleeve is typical ‘RAS’. Distributed by ‘Sonodisc’
and licenced by ‘Decca West Africa’, Lagos Nigeria. All the important
clubs seem involved in this project. Combining forces had a great effect,
the album sounds perfect. I can already hear it blast from the
speakers of some pumping ‘picó’ in Barranquilla,
how ’bout you Fabian ?

tracks;

1 Nwa enwe nne
2 Anyi ga gbalu enu oso

If I recall well, many people must be on the look out for
this album. King Sunny Adé made quite a few and we’ve
seen some passing by here. Now here is ‘the Message’.
I have no idea whát the message is and I’m not even sure
I want to know. I listen to music sung in Lingala, Swahili,
Wolof or Griot. I really think sometimes that it’s probably
better I don’t understand every word. I guess it lasts longer,
the lyrics can’t get boring this way, that’s for sure. During
the first track there’s a tiny silence and I could have made
a skipping point but I left it like it was. My message to you,
let music be the force that brings us together,
ain’t nothin’ beating thát !…

tracks;

1 Baba orun a mbe o
– Igbala ni mofe
– Oro dugbe dugbe
– Ko s’agbe mo loko
– Mo beru oruko t’aiye nje
2 Ma j’aiye oni
– Alhaji Bode Osinusi
– Alhaji Rasaq Ogbara

One of Nigeria’s greatest performers of highlife was most
certainly ‘Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe and his Nigerian
Sound Makers International’, quite a mouthful. He made over
30 albums of which this is the 5th at the Global Groove.
Check our search option for a quick launch of the others.
Just two 16 minute tracks but what great rhythms.
The B-side of the album wasn’t centered right so by
the end of the track it gets a bit false unfortunately.
Hope you enjoy it anyway.

tracks;

1 Ogbahu akwulugo
2 Star social club of Nigeria

On Nigeria’s Afrodisia label we find this album from 1989.
King Ubulu’s International Band of Africa’s sparkling rhythms
grab you straight away and it’s hard not to get up from your
chair and dance across the room. So don’t hesitate.

tracks;

1 Onweli egwu na amu ka nma
2 Osa asaa
3 Onu onye ba adono

Hello there, today I felt like listening to some Nigerian highlife.
It was about time we had us some of this sweet party music.
Although called Super 5, they appear with eight on the front
and back-sleeve. What splendid sound these guys bring here,
rolling rhythms, strings that drive you crazy and great vocal
harmony, at times just a tiny bit false but that is all part
of the charme of this group. We had an album by them on the
2nd of march this year, use the page search for fast result.
I congratulate you with your new done purchase, put on
track #2, furniture aside, volume up and let go…

P.S. I took the Liberty to call this LP after it’s first song,
a thing seen often when the album has no name.

tracks;

1 Helena
2 Master open eye
3 Vea mama
4 Original Super 5 of Africa

It’s been a while since we had us some Nigerian highlife. It
has also been a while since we had us an album by the
excentric Oliver de Coque. He always looks quite special,
original, like no other. This 1981 LP sounds as good as it
was recorded yesterday, fresh rhythms and guitars and
of course Oliver de Coque’s special way of chanting. Oliver
Sunday Akanite is his real name but if you would call him; Oliver
de Coke, Oliver de Fanta, Messiah of Ogene, Oliver de Identity
or Oliver de Coque, he is all. Enjoy Udoka Social Club of Nigeria.

tracks;

1 Udoka social club of Nigeria
– Udoka enyi
2 Akalaka
– Ndidi bu ije enuwa

In the month of June I posted an album by Orchestre Micky Micky from Congo.
Today Micky-Micky travelled to Nigeria in 1977, a completely
different sound. more soukous like in a different coat on the ‘Jofabro’ label.
I really can’t tell you anything usefull other than listen and enjoy.

tracks;

1 Ifaoma
2 Makiadiya-meme

I received some kind requests for Sunny Adé and it just so happens
I had this one waiting to get posted. It is Vol. 4 from the Master
Guitarist Series which were recorded in the famous London EMI
studio’s at Abbey Road. Sunny Adé, still without ‘King’, performs
these 10 songs with his Green Spot Band, enjoy.

tracks;

1 Mr Adenaike ( Ololu )
2 John Ali
3 Egbe board
4 Chief Lekan Salami
5 Prince Adesanya
6 A ye wa
7 Akure nile
8 Major General Adebayo
9 Akanbi ogun
10 Constant star

Classic Nigerian Highlife album by one of the leading bands.
Brothers F.Dansatch, G.Kabaka and Worrior Opara made loads of LP’s
and I never heard a bad one. Sleeve of the album states it’s from
1977 and label says 1976, either way, don’t miss it.

By the way, I re-upped the Sound of the Gypsies,
use the Search option to get there fast.

tracks;

1 Aluta agbogho
2 Aku udo
3 Nnedinobi
4 Oke na olulu